Belt Chirping
#1
Belt Chirping
Lately I've been having an annoying "chirping' noise from my belts after a cold start (such as in the morning on the way to work or after the car has sat for a while). Its not the "squeal" that you get from belts being too tight/too loose...it's a perpetual noise that speeds up with the revs. After some time running it eventually goes away.
The belts are about 2 1/2 years old, swapped them out in January 2014 with OEM belts since I was experiencing the "squeal" on start ups and assumed they were the originals as my car only has about 60k at the time.
Anyways, I'm under the car last weekend doing a full brake job, oil change, and installing a Z-Speed aluminum undershroud when I notice my belts. Looking at the picture you'll notice this strip of rust on the outer side of the power steering accessory belt. I'm think this could be the culprit of my belt chirp.
Looks like the idler in middle of the picture has a little ring of rust to coincide with the strip on the belt. Any thoughts? Solutions? Recommendations on pully/idler replacements, if not OEM?
Thanks as always!
The belts are about 2 1/2 years old, swapped them out in January 2014 with OEM belts since I was experiencing the "squeal" on start ups and assumed they were the originals as my car only has about 60k at the time.
Anyways, I'm under the car last weekend doing a full brake job, oil change, and installing a Z-Speed aluminum undershroud when I notice my belts. Looking at the picture you'll notice this strip of rust on the outer side of the power steering accessory belt. I'm think this could be the culprit of my belt chirp.
Looks like the idler in middle of the picture has a little ring of rust to coincide with the strip on the belt. Any thoughts? Solutions? Recommendations on pully/idler replacements, if not OEM?
Thanks as always!
#2
Could be that idler, I think they can wear out. Also, if you have an electric fan (as opposed to a mechanical one) you may want to remove the redundant idler pulley on the power steering side and go to a shorter belt (the upper idler on that side you're looking at). In our '05 and '06 I found those to be the source of this kind of noise and just deleted them.
Here's a thread - if it applies to you:
https://g35driver.com/forums/engine-...-mod-pics.html
Here's a thread - if it applies to you:
https://g35driver.com/forums/engine-...-mod-pics.html
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Could be that idler, I think they can wear out. Also, if you have an electric fan (as opposed to a mechanical one) you may want to remove the redundant idler pulley on the power steering side and go to a shorter belt (the upper idler on that side you're looking at). In our '05 and '06 I found those to be the source of this kind of noise and just deleted them.
Here's a thread - if it applies to you:
https://g35driver.com/forums/engine-...-mod-pics.html
Here's a thread - if it applies to you:
https://g35driver.com/forums/engine-...-mod-pics.html
Great suggestion on the idler pulley delete. I may as well do it since I'll be replacing that belt anyways. Looks like my 2003 has an electric fan based on a peek in the engine bay. I didn't even know some G's had mechanical fans, was that an early Sedan thing only?
#5
Thanks Gary. I'm going to do what you've suggested...minus the part about not altering the system Nissan designed
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